Cabs

Could someone please elaborate on how porting and enclosure size in conjunction with speakers affect projection/bottom end/clarity? Is this a textbook I'm asking for? If so, is there a good book I could get? Thanks very much. Ultimately the point of this is to help me decide how to build one, or at least which one to buy.

edit: I looked at the title of my thread and winced, so, sorry about that.

Seriously Bliss, I'm no expert, but, unless you buy a kit, it tends to get complicated fast. I'd say just do the listen test. If it sounds good to you, buy it.

Mike J.

P.S. I used to subscribe to Speaker Builder magazine, and the technical explanations will make your head spin.

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Yeah, you guys and all the other threads here have successfully discouraged me, I'll just buy a new one. What I want is a 1000watt 4x10. Everybody seems to really like Eden, so I think I'll check those and maybe another SWR, love my workingman's 4x10.

I don't think discourage is quite the right word, more like encourage you to get something you will be happy with right out of the box. Buying a cab after auditioning it provides instant gratification that is not available when you build.

Perhaps there is a market for ready-made plans that have been tested and plotted with commercially available drivers... hmmm....

You might like the Eden alot. I know I did. For months, the Goliath and SWR cabs were my favorite, until that faithful day I played at my local music shop. The Eden 410XLT was just sitting there, waiting to played by someone. I knew that someone was me.

Ever since then, its been Eden all the way with me. No more of that tone sucking from the Goliath. I couldn't believe what a great improvement the Eden was over the Goliath. Kind of sad, because the Goliath is a decent cabinet.